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Moose, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska 2024
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These photos are from Aug 3rd, our second full day visiting Denali National Park and Preserve. We decided to drive as far as we were allowed to mile 15 on the park road.
1. We had a nice breakfast at the nearby Rosie's cafe and then we headed to the park which was just 13 miles away from our hotel. Our first critter sighting on the road to the park, was this mama Moose and her young was standing off the road in Healy.
2. On this day I was happy to see so many moose. Moose are one of my favorite critters.
3. This bear was seen from the parking lot at the Savage River trail head. The Grizzly Bears attract a lot of attention from visitors and park rangers.
4. This bear stayed in the same spot for awhile, it must have found something good to eat.
5. Another moose on the loose, something upset this moose it started jumping up and ran for a short time.
6. The Willow Ptarmigan was a lifer for me, they were seen all along the park road. Groups of 4-5 were seen eating something off the ground.
7. The Willow Ptarmigan are heavy bodied ground feeding birds. These birds are similar to the Grouse, they are brown in the summer time and turn white in the winter. They live in Denali year round.
They were not shy birds, they just seemed busy foraging for food.
8. The Black-billed Magpie are seen all over the park, a common bird in Alaska. They do look pretty in flight.
9. These birds are the Dark-eyed Juncos. They were seen along a trail, we took a short walk and a break from driving.
10. Our dinner was close to our hotel, it was at the 49th State Brewery. The scene below is from their parking lot.
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Horseshoe Lake, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
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These are images from August, as usual I am behind sharing my photos. The photos are from my backyard, our walks to the lake, a walk on the NCR bike trail and on the local fire roads. I have more Alaska photos to share, they are coming soon.
1. In August I seemed to be refilling my hummingbird feeders often. This male below sits close-by one feeder, chasing away any hummingbird that comes close.
2. The Fritillary Butterfly along with the Black Swallowtails are common butterflies seen on our Buddleia Bush.
3. Aug 11, one of my backyard Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. On the bottom row are the Tufted Titmouse.
4. Aug 16th my back yard bunny.
Our walk on the local fire road I found an Ovenbird, it was quiet and seemed to be watching us.
5. Aug 18th , our walk to the lake. We saw a juvenile Bald Eagle, a Green Heron and the Canada Goose.
6. Aug 19th, a Black Bear was seen on our deck and it got into our trash can. This visit was almost a month later than the previous bear visit. We thought it would be safe to put out our trash can. The bear also drank water from the bowl we had out for the Peacock. The previous Black Bear visit was on July 11th. I am not sure if this recent bear was one of the two that visited in July. The first bear sighting was on May 3rd, we were walking on our local fire road and we saw the bear foraging in forest along the trail. It is amazing we have seen more bears in our back yard than we saw in Alaska.
7. Aug 20th our walk on the local NCR bike trail. We saw a few deer, wildflowers and an Eastern Phoebe hanging out near the river.
8. Aug 23rd, I finally was able to find two Monarch butterflies on our Buddleia Bush. Bottom row more common butterflies seen were the Fritillary butterflies.
Aug 31st, our walk on one of the local fire roads at Prettyboy watershed. The birds on the top right photo are two Eastern Kingbirds, a Box Turtle, insects on milkweed plant, Eastern Phoebe and a White-breasted Nuthatch.
This post takes me to the end of August, except for two days we visited Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware. I will share those photos in a separate post.
I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.
Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.
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"New day, new strength, new thoughts."
Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware
"Find what brings you joy and go there."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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